The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφλέω“to tell”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφλυαρεῖν“to talk nonsense”
- English todayphlyax
Probably from Ancient Greek φλυαρεῖν (phluareîn, “to talk nonsense”) or the related verb Ancient Greek φλέω (phléō, “to tell”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekφλέω all →
emphlysis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.